George Little
George A. Little is a classical guitarist living on the North Shore. He holds a B.A. in music from UMass Dartmouth, where he studied with William Riley, and is currently pursuing an M.M. from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA where he has studied with David Patterson (New World Guitar Trio).
As a performer, he has been enthusiastically received by audiences throughout New England, and has a series of performance awards to his credit including the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra/Lillian B. Lamaroux award for excellence in music. He was the first music student to be awarded the Emil “Smokey” Ameen scholarship for excellence in art and academics at UMass Dartmouth. At Longy, George has advocated the guitar’s role in chamber music through numerous collaborations including using the guitar to accompany Schubert art songs originally composed for voice and piano.
He has taught guitar for over 10 years and has had teacher training as part of his graduate degree from the Longy School of Music. He is a registered Suzuki instructor and received his Suzuki training from Frank Longay at the Hartt Suzuki Institute. He teaches all styles of guitar for the young at Musical Arts Academy in Exeter, NH and privately in the Greater Boston and North Shore areas. He joined South Shore Conservatory in 2008.